Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,943
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$16,927
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,609
Florida costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Florida — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$86,870
Kept after tax
$69,943
Worth in national money
$67,609
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $86,870, ranking 36 of 51 states — about 8.86% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Florida reports, this job comes in at 83 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $86,870, tax leaves $69,943 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $67,609 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $84,900.
- Florida ranks 36 of 51 for electrical power-line installers and repairers, with a median of $86,870 — about 8.86% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Electrical power-line installers and repairers ranks 83 of 493 occupations by median in Florida, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After tax, $69,943 remains from the Florida median of $86,870 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $67,609 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $84,900 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $86,870 |
| Top tenth earn over | $109,300 |
| This salary | $86,870 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Florida | $69,943 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $69,943 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,367 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $86,870 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,032 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Florida earn less than $86,870. The published range is $50,690 up to $109,300, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Florida's $69,943, worked from $86,870. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 83 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $67,609 uses one figure for the whole of Florida. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 83.
- Reported values are medians; for electrical power-line installers and repairers in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $50,690 to $109,300. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Florida take-home of $69,943, on $86,870 for work ranking 83 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 83 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $67,609, worked from $86,870, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Florida address, on work sitting at 83 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $50,690 at the tenth percentile, $109,300 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Florida run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $67,609 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $69,943 survives, because Florida levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($50,690 to $109,300) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Florida rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Florida's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $67,609 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Florida levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $69,943 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.